Du français à l'anglais
Les mots identiques en français et en anglais :
| Terminaison française | Exemples |
|---|---|
| -ible | Possible, predictible |
| -able | Table, confortable, remarkable, acceptable |
| -ent | Different, evident, recent, present |
| -ant | Important, constant |
| -ence | Difference, preference, experience |
| -ance | Importance |
| -ion | Opinion, condition, position |
| -al | Normal, mineral, animal, special |
Warning
Il existe des exceptions :
- Traduction → Translation
- Explication → Explanation
- Vacances → Vacation
| Terminaison française | Terminaison anglaise | Exemples |
|---|---|---|
| -ment | -ally | normalement → normally, Généralement → generally |
| -té | -ty | Liberté → liberty, Modernité → modernity, Prospérité → prosperity |
| -ique | -ical | Economique → economical, Logique → logical, Pratique → practical |
| -aire | -ary | Necessaire → necessary, Contraire → contrary, Militaire → military |
Convertir un type de mot en un autre
Du verbe au nom
| Nom | Verbe | Verb |
|---|---|---|
| Confirmation | Confirmer | To confirm |
| Formation | Former | To form |
| Invitation | Inviter | To invite |
Transformer en adverbe
- Adjectif + ly
- Verbe + ly
Transformer en nom
- Adjectif + ness ou + less : great+ness (grandeur)
- Verbe + er (driver) pour les métiers
Transformer en adjectif
- Nom + full
- Verbe + ed (càd le participe passé).
Lorsque ca se rattache au verbe
Adverbe : participe passé
Lorsque ca se rattache à un nom ou au sujet.
Directement avant le nom ou après to be/seem/look. Adjectif : verbe + ing
Du nom au verbe
Adjective + EN ou noun + EN en verb
Example
- To strengthEN = renforcer /fortifier
- To lengthEN = rallonger
- To hardEN = durcir
Les nombres
Example
| Nbre | Anglais |
|---|---|
| 245 | two hundred and forty-five |
| 1 200 | one thousand, two hundred |
| 56 603 | fifty six, six hundred and three |
| 245 803 | two hundred and forty-five thousand, eight hundred and three |
| Racine | Traduction |
|---|---|
| \(\mathbf{13}^{\mathbf{2}}\) | Thirteen squared |
| \(\mathbf{13}^{\mathbf{3}}\) | Thirteen cubed |
| \(\mathbf{13}^{\mathbf{4}}\) | Thirteen to fourth power |
| \(\sqrt{2}\) | The square root of two |
| \(2^{\frac{1}{4}}\) | The fourth root of two |
| \(\frac{1}{2}\) | one half |
| \(\frac{3}{2}\) | three halves |
| \(\frac{2}{3}\) | two thirds |
| \(\frac{2}{4}\) | two quarters ou two fourths |
| \(\frac{3}{5}\) | three fifths |
| Symbole | Traduction |
|---|---|
| \(+\) | Plus |
| \(-\) | Minus |
| \(=\) | Equals |
| \(x\) | Multiplied by/ times |
| \(/\) | Divided by |
The change object + change verbe = by
Example
- The price of oil increased by 10% last year.
- There was an increase of 10% in the price of oil.